National Poverty in America Awareness Month

January is National Poverty in America Awareness Month.

Poverty in America affects all walks of life. This post will show a breakdown of the most affected.

Millions of jobs have been created in the US economy, but many Americans still live in poverty. Who are they?

For nearly six years, the US economy has been generating huge numbers of jobs: nearly two million a year.

Not only has the economic recovery replaced the total number of jobs lost during the Great Recession - which followed the bursting of the housing bubble in 2007 - but it has added enough to account for a growing population as well.

Unemployment in the US now stands at just 4.1%,the lowest since 2000 , but there are many households which have not seen their fortunes improve.

In 2016 nearly 41 million people, or 13% of the population, were living in poverty - down from 15% at the height of the recession in 2010.

So, who are those classed as living in poverty?

Continue reading: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-us-canada-41930107

Fun facts about Thanksgiving

The first Thanksgiving, history of Thanksgiving and fun facts.

The Nation Celebrates Its 399th Annual Feast.

In the fall of 1621, the Pilgrims — early settlers of Plymouth Colony — held a three-day feast to celebrate a bountiful harvest. Many regard this event as the nation’s first Thanksgiving.

The Wampanoag Indians in attendance played a key role but historians have recorded harvest ceremonies of thanks among other groups of European settlers in North America, including the British colonists in Virginia as early as 1619.

The legacy of thanks and the feast have survived centuries since the event became a national holiday on Oct. 3, 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of November as a national day of thanksgiving.

Decades later, President Franklin Roosevelt officially declared that Thanksgiving should always be celebrated on the fourth Thursday of the month to encourage earlier holiday shopping.

Continue reading:

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2019/11/fun-facts-about-thanksgiving-from-turkey-texas-to-pilgrim-michigan.html?utm_campaign=20191127msacos1ccstors&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

It's National Sons and Daughters Day!

National Son and Daughter Day falls every year on 11^th August.

National Son and Daughter Day 2019 in United States of America and India is celebrated with fun and frolic. It is a day when parents honour and appreciate their sons and daughters who make their life so beautiful. So if you are a parent then you must send lovely National Son and Daughter Day 2019 messagesand Son and Daughter Day Quotes to your dearest sons and daughters to tell them how important they are to you.

With the collection of beautiful National Son and Daughter Day images, greeting cards, messages, sayings and quotes, you can wish them on this wonderful occasion.

Here is a link to a great website to find a collection of really nice messages and greetings that you can send to your sons and daughters today. 

https://www.bestmessage.org/national-son-and-daughters-day-greetings-messages/